Institute of Biblical Archaeology

Project

Excavation area III, 2003

The excavations at Tell el-Burak are a joint project of the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (represented by Uwe Finkbeiner, Altorientalisches Seminar, and Jens Kamlah, Biblisch-Archäologisches Institut) and the American University of Beirut (represented by Hélène Sader).

The Orientabteilung des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (represented by Margarete van Ess) is a partner in the German-Lebanese cooperation through the support of individual projects.

First phase of the project:

  • 1. season: 03. - 29.09.2001 (directed by Uwe Finkbeiner and Hélène Sader)
  • 2. season: 02. - 28.09.2002 (directed by Uwe Finkbeiner and Hélène Sader)
  • 3. season: 24.08. - 23.09.2003 (directed by Jens Kamlah and Hélène Sader)

Second phase of the project:

  • 4. season: 29.08. - 25.09.2005 (directed by Jens Kamlah and Hélène Sader)
  • 5. season: 17.07. - 14.08.2008 (directed by Jens Kamlah and Hélène Sader)
  • 6. season: 26.07. - 19.08.2009 (directed by Jens Kamlah and Hélène Sader)
  • 7. season: 13.07. - 7.8. 2010 (directed by Jens Kamlah and Hélène Sader)
  • 8. season: 11.7. - 6.8. 2011 (directed by Jens Kamlah and Hélène Sader)
  • Aufarbeitungs-Kampagne: 23.7.-3.8. 2012 (in Tübingen)
  • 9. season: 1. - 30.6.2013 (directed by Jens Kamlah, Hélène Sader and Aaron Schmitt)
  • 10.season: 7.7. - 2.8.2014 (directed by Jens Kamlah, Hélène Sader and Aaron Schmitt)

The first phase of the project was financed by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung, the second phase by the Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung.

Further financial support was granted by the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, by the promotional association of the Protestant Theological Faculty in Kiel (S.T.O.A.), by the Deutscher Palästina-Verein and also by the Universitätsbund of Tübingen University.